πνεύμων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *plew-
    Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ
    Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō
    Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn)
    Proto-Indo-European *pnew-
    Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō)influ.
    Proto-Indo-European *pnew-
    Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
    Proto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥
    Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma)influ.
    Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn)

    Alteration of πλεύμων (pleúmōn) influenced by πνέω (pnéō, “I blow”) / πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    πνεύμων • (pneúmōn) m (genitive πνεύμονος); third declension

    1. lung
    2. kind of a mollusk

    Usage notes

    Usually in plural.

    Inflection

    Third declension of ὁ πνεύμων; τοῦ πνεύμονος (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ πνεύμων
    ho pneúmōn     		τὼ πνεύμονε
    tṑ pneúmone     		οἱ πνεύμονες
    hoi pneúmones
    Genitive τοῦ πνεύμονος
    toû pneúmonos     		τοῖν πνευμόνοιν
    toîn pneumónoin     		τῶν πνευμόνων
    tôn pneumónōn
    Dative τῷ πνεύμονῐ
    tōî pneúmonĭ     		τοῖν πνευμόνοιν
    toîn pneumónoin     		τοῖς πνεύμοσῐ / πνεύμοσῐν
    toîs pneúmosĭ(n)
    Accusative τὸν πνεύμονᾰ
    tòn pneúmonă     		τὼ πνεύμονε
    tṑ pneúmone     		τοὺς πνεύμονᾰς
    toùs pneúmonăs
    Vocative πνεῦμον
    pneûmon     		πνεύμονε
    pneúmone     		πνεύμονες
    pneúmones
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • πνευμόνιον (pneumónion)

    Descendants

    • Greek: πνεύμονας (pnévmonas)

    Further reading

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